7 September 1709 A.D. Samuel Johnson Born: Anglican Churchman & Dictionary Writer
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September 1709 A.D. Samuel Johnson Born:
Anglican Churchman & Dictionary Writer
Samuel Johnson (1709 to 1784)
Church of England
His Vast Vocabulary Included Christian Words.
Samuel Johnson was born in Litchfield, England. After some writing and
publishing, he achieved the notable success of creating a monumental English
language dictionary with examples of word use. This was not the first
English-language dictionary, as we are often told: a clergyman by the name of
Bailey had produced an earlier dictionary which Johnson on which Johnson
collated his words. Johnson was a faithful Anglican, a man of profound charity,
and a pious writer. He seems never to have been assured of his salvation although deeply aware of his
need for redemption through Christ. After his death in 1784, his Prayers and
Meditations were published, revealing a continual soul-searching.
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